The US Air Force is planning to graduate drone pilots from flight school. The big difference about this is that some pilots will specialize in operating drones as a career pattern. These particular pilots will not go on to serve as fighter pilots etc. This is a necessary change which has been brought about by the [...]
Unfortunately another 48th BCT soldier was killed in a rocket attack in Afghanistan. We want to send our sincere condolences to all of the family members and friends of every soldier from this unit that has been killed or wounded in action in Afghanistan and Iraq. I comment so much on this unit because they [...]
The AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile is an air to surface missile which is designed to home in on and destroy anti aircraft radar systems. The purpose of this missile is to help to open a window for our aircraft to be free to use without fear of being picked up on radar. This allows [...]
The USS New Jersey was otherwise known as the “Big J,” or “Black Dragon.” This Battleship has earned more battle stars than any other Iowa class Battleship. Although this ship has been decommissioned she has seen action in just about every conflict since WWII. She was mothballed right before Operation Desert Storm which kept her [...]
The garrison cap or cover is a foldable cap with straight sides and a creased or hollow crown sloping to the back. The garrison cap is normally worn with the class A uniform. It came into use during the first world war and was initially worn by the doughboys. The big advantage of wearing this [...]
The 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron is assigned to the 4th Operations Group located at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. It was constituted on 22 August 1942 as part of Britains RAF and composed of volunteer US Pilots due to British personnel shortages. The origional pilots flew Supermarine Spitfires, and Hawker Hurricanes. This decorated squadron [...]
According th the Japanese Defense Ministry North Korea may be planning another missile launch between July 4th and 8th this year. The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 has a range of 4,000 miles. This puts it about 500 miles short of Hawaii which is 4,500 miles away from the Korean Penninsula. I personally still [...]
The US Coast Guard Cutter named Eagle serves as a training Cutter for Coast Guard Academy cadets, and Officer Candidate Students. She is normally used for training during the summer months, but serves other goodwill purposes as well. She has a standing crew of six officers and 56 enlisted. When she is on a training mission she may [...]
These days are tough times to be in the US Military because of the ongoing war on terror. In the midst of this there is some good news. Marines will soon be getting a 14 month break between deployments to the Middle East instead of the 7 months that they now get. The current policy [...]
Operation Southern Watch was primarily an Air Force operation conducted following Operation Desert Storm with the mission of controlling the airspace south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq. It had to be extended later to the 33rd parallel. The reason for this operation was to spank Saddam for not adhering to the terms of the [...]
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